Why would you decide to restart your horse with a different type of horsemanship?
Many of the reasons for sending horses to a new trainer or to start a horse with a new program are often selfish on the rider side. What does this mean? Does it mean that a rider is selfish for wanting their horses to perform better? No, but it means that often, retraining or restarting a horse is not done for the horse's mental well being or happiness, but simply for the horse's performance, and sometimes to correct the behavioural issues it has that bothers the rider when trying to perform. I am not blaming anyone, I was guilty of this too. It is also how I started looking around for a way of helping my own horse. She was rearing under saddle, she was anxious and she was often hard to handle both on the ground and under saddle. I was having a hard time with her and I wanted her to simply be "easier". The difference with how I think about it now is that I am restarting my horse and keeping her in this long journey for us to be happy. Obviously, I want a horse th...
